Excerpt from Swinburne's Atalanta in Calydon and Erechtheus: With Notes by Marion Clyde Wier, Ph; D. Of the Department of Rhetoric in the University of Michigan This edition of Atalanta in Calydon and Erechtheus was designed for those students and teachers who are in terested in Swinburne's fondness for Greek literature. No attempt has been made to express a critical judgment as to his place among the English poets; enough has been said and written on that subject to satisfy even the most censorious. Nor is there the slightest desire on the part of the editor to imply that Swineburne was a plagiarist when he made use of the available Greek material that suited his purpose. Those who know Greek tragedy realize that his work is superior to all but the very best in that field. It is hoped that those who have not covered the field may get from these pages some information not to be found in the usual sources. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.